Getting Open
The Unknown Story of Bill Garrett and the Integration of College Basketball
Published on 22. February 2011
272 pages
978-0-7432-9924-4 (ISBN)
Description
Tom Graham grew up in Bill Garrett's hometown. He played basketball there and on the freshman team at Indiana University, so he knew many of Garrett's coaches, teammates, and fans. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is an international trade lawyer in Washington, D.C.
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Persons
Tom Graham, a scholar and translator of Chinese, worked in East Asia for ten years. He now resides in San Diego, California.
Rachel Graham Cody is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Divinity School, where she focused on African American studies. She lives with her family in Oregon.
Rachel Graham Cody is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Divinity School, where she focused on African American studies. She lives with her family in Oregon.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map of Indiana
- Prologue
- Part One
- 1: October 15, 1943
- 2: The Way Things Are
- 3: Frank's Office
- 4: The Black Bears
- 5: January 3, 1947
- 6: Hoosier Hysteria
- 7: Golden Again
- 8: March 22, 1947
- Part Two
- 9: The Sheriff
- 10: "Comin' Out a Man"
- 11: Gentleman's Agreement
- 12: The Chief and the President
- 13: Down t'IU
- 14: The Hurryin' Hoosiers
- 15: Coming Home
- 16: A Gym Needs a Name
- Postscript
- Eight Who Came Before
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
